The Ballad of the Pirate Queens by Jane Yolen

Description from the amazon:Two sailors were keeping watch alone when the governor's men stormed aboard the Vanity. Those two--the legend-inspiring pirate queens Anne Bonney and Mary Reade--fought bravely but called in vain for their shipmates, who sported and drank below deck. Jane Yolen's stirring ballad immortalizes these two daring women and offers readers an intriguing look at life on the high seas.

My two-bits:In-a-word(s): VanityThe illustrations are beautiful and fit perfectly with this lyrical tale of two pirate queens.